World Surf League

in a watershed moment for women in sports, the World Surf League announced equal pay for women in their sport.“Bravo to the WSL for their commitment to equal pay,” says Bianca Valenti, a San Francisco–based pro surfer who won Latin America’s first big-wave surf competition this summer. By conquering a 20-foot wave and winning the competition, she took away $1,750—a quarter of the $7,000 men’s prize. “Maybe we’ll find we have created equity not just in surfing, but for all sports.”

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Jess is the editor of Real Woman and owner of Indelible Media. During her publishing career, she has worked as an editor on consumer and trade magazines in New York, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia.